Brush holder



April 26, 1949 c. L.. JAuss y i 2,468,631

' BRUSH HOLDER Filed July 20, 1946 l l ll Patented Apr. 26, 1949 UNITEDSTATES .a OFFICE BRUSH HOLDER Carlos L. Jauss, New York, N. Y.

Application July 20, 1946, Serial No. 685,264

3 Claims. l

This invention relates to paint brush preserving devices and moreparticularly to a holder or support for paint brushes whereby thebristles thereof may be suspended in a suitable uid such as for cleaningthe same. It will be recognized that the function of such devices is tprevent paint on the brushes from drying and hardening and rendering thebrush unfit for use.

Devices for suspending a paint brush within a container filled withturpentine or the like have been used, but in general the devices wereadapted to a particular container so as to be necessarily associatedtherewith. Accordingly, open cans and various bottles which may havebeen used to preserve paint ybrushes were not thus usable in the absenceof a specific cover therefor upon which was provided means to suitablyengage the brush.

Bearing the foregoing in mind, it is an object of the present inventionto provide paint brush suspension means which can be utilized withpractically any container large enough to receive' the brush. Thus, theinvention is adapted to containers over a Wide range of sizes and thedevice may be manufactured and sold without a container inasmuch as thepurchaser can very easily provide his own. In this way, used tin canswith their tops removed may well serve to preserve paint brushes incooperation with the device hereinafter described.

Another object of this invention is to provide cover-like means forsuspending a paint brush in a container, which cover is not specificallytted to the container so as to present no diiculties in either applyingor removing it therefrom.

Still another object of my invention is to provide means for suspendinga paint brush in a fluid which may accommodate brushes of a Wide rangeof sizes and shapes.

A further object of this invention is to provide a paint brushpreserving device of pronounced simplicity so as to offer considerablemanufacturing economies.

Other objects of my invention will be apparent from the followingdescription, it being understood that the above general statements ofthe objects of my invention are intended to describe and not limit it inany manner.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top view of a brush suspended in a container according tothe instant invention.

Fig. 2 is a section taken along the line 2-2 thereof.

Fig. 3 is a separate top view of a brush engaging member.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a modified embodiment of the containercover.

Referring to Figs. l and 2, a container II] is illustrated as beingpartly filled with a lluid II which may be turpentine, kerosene,gasoline 0r any of the usual liquids in which paint brushes are immersedin order to clean the same from paint. The cover I2 is illustrated as aplanar disk of suicient diameter to cover the mouth of container It. Itis obvious that the cover I2 may be larger than that shown as long as itis of larger diameter than the container.

An opening I3 is formed in cover I2 whereby the handle I 4 of a paintbrush I5 may be inserted therethrough. In order to prevent the paintbrush from falling through the opening I3, an elongated clamping memberI6 is provided so as to engage the handle I4. The longitudinal dimensionof clamping member I6 being greater than that of opening I3, the memberI6 can not fall through the opening and in turn prevents the handle I4from doing so. Thus, as Seen in Fig. 2, the bristles Il of the paintbrush are suitably suspended within the fluid I I and paint may drip oithe brush while the bristles are maintained against contact with the oorof the container.

rihe clamping member I6 comprises a one-piece structure of a resilientmetal such as steel in which the planar leg I8 may be slipped within thehooked end IQ of the leg 20 so as to surround and create a resilientengaging pressure on the handle i4 as illustrated in Fig. 1. When it isdesired to release the brush, the leg I8 is merely pushed laterally inrelation to the end i9 whereupon it assumes the broken line positionillustrated in Fig. 3.

It will be apparent that the cover I2, being adapted to t a largevariety of containers will, in combination with the clamping member I6,maintain the brush I6 in a desired state of suspension. Clamping memberI 6 may be used with or Without the cover I2 since it represents anextremely simple engaging member adapted to suspend the brush incontainers by merely overlapping the borders thereof.

If desired, clamping member I6 may be provided with edge teeth 2I so asto more firmly engage the lip '22 of container I0 when the cover I2 isnot used in combination therewith. Accordingly, it is only necessary inthis event to clamp member I6 around the handle I4 and place it over thelip 22 of container i0v whereupon the lip will be received in at leastone of the corrugations 2l so as to prevent the member I6 from slidingunduly. The length of member I6 is made greater than the expecteddiameter of containers which it will serve in order that the device maybe used without the cover I2.

In addition, the cover I2 may take the form illustrated in Fig. 4wherein a series of radially spaced concentric grooves or corrugations23 are provided to render a more suitable engagement between the coverand the container. The corrugations 23 will serve to engage the lip 222and, since the corrugations extend throughout the body of the cover, itis adapted to accommodate containers of various sizes and can engagethem by the corrugations notwithstanding the variety of container sizeswhich can be served. It is apparent that in a combination such as shownin Fig. 2, the clamping member-I6 may be used with or without the coverI2, as desired, and that the modied embodiment illustrated in Fig. 4 maybe substituted for the cover I2 shown in Fig. 2.

The clamping member Ia as shown inl Fig. 3 differs only from theclamping member it in that it is not corrugated and it may similarly beused with or Without a cooperating cover on the container. It will alsobe observed that since the length of the clamping members exceeds the diameter of the container, it is feasible to use such a clamping membereven during the process of painting whereby it is possible to rest thebrush within the paint can at any time during the paint-ing operation.The paint brush will thereby not fall to the bottom of the can and theclamping member need not be removed while the brush is being used forpainting. When the cover I2 is used in the combination it is, of course,preferable to use the clamping member Ita since the oorrugations 27|would Abe entirely unnecessary because these corrugations would nottouch the container mouth.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is obviousthat numerous changes and omissions may be 'made therefrom withoutdeparting from its spirit,

I claim:

1. A brush suspending device comprising a circular planar member adaptedto rest on the mouth of an open container, said planar member having anopening formed centrally therethrough to receive the handle of a paintbrush, and an elongated clamping member for engaging said paint brushhandle and preventing it from falling through said opening, saidclamping member comprising two legs adapted to surround said brushhandle andineans to hook said legs together so as to engage said handle,said clamping member normally resting above said planar member over saidopening thereof and being larger than both said opening, and said planarmember.

2. A brush suspending device comprising a circular planar member adaptedto serve as a container cover, said planar member being formed with aplurality of radially spaced and concentric grooves for engaging themouth of the container, each of said plurality o1" grooves beingradially spaced so that said planar member may nt different size-s ofcontainers, said planar member havopening formed centrally therethroughto receive the handle of a paint brush, and clamping means forconnection to said handle and disposed over said opening for suspendingsaid brush handle Within said opening.

A brush suspending device comprising a planar member adapted to Serve asa container cover, said planar member being formed with a plurality ofradially spaced and concentric grooves lor engaging the mouth ofthecontainer, each of said plurality of grooves being radially spaced sothat said planar member may fit different sizes of containers, saidmember having an opening formed centrally therethrough to receive thehandle of a paint brush, and clamping means for connection to saidhandle and disposed over said opening for suspending said brush handlewithin said opening, said clamping means comprising an elongated memberof resilient material and of larger dimensions than said opening andhaving two connected legs for admitting said handle between them, andlocking means on said legs whereby said handle may be clamped by saidlegs.

CARLOS L. JAUSS.

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